Category: Hispanic American Studies

The blurring of racial identity will grow rapidly, however; children of Asian and Hispanic immigrants are marrying out of their parents' heritage at rates between 30 to 60 percent. Does the mechanism of weight loss differ from mechanisms of comorbidity resolution? View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar V. The age-adjusted values for BMI of 35 or greater ranged from 11.4% (95% CI, 8.8%-14.6%) among Mexican American men to 20.0% (95% CI, 16.4%-24.3%) for non-Hispanic black men; corresponding ranges for women were 16.6% (95% CI, 14.7%-18.6%) for non-Hispanic white women to 30.7% (95% CI, 26.4%-35.2%) for non-Hispanic black women.

Ilan Stavans, Jorge J. E. Gracia

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From 2008 to 2010, 29% of all Asian newlyweds married someone of a different race, compared with 26% of Hispanics, 17% of blacks and 9% of whites. Journal Article: South Korea has had remarkably high incidence and prevalence rates of physical violence against children, yet the problem has received only limited public and professional attention until very recently. Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Using a nationally represented sampling pool of about 163,000 persons above the age of 12, the study tracks the number of “nonfatal crimes perceived by victims to be motivated by an offender’s bias against them.” In the report, hate crimes are specified in alignment with the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which defines them as “crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.”

With this idea and goal in mind, this essay sets out to examine and design a process by which the Churches of Cherokee, Oklahoma can successfully connect with and minster to the new Hispanic community in Cherokee.... [tags: Religion, God, Hispanic Community] Wedding Rituals Are Different in Various Cultures - Wedding rituals are different in various cultures. Not sure when you need to cite something? Check out the Plagiarism Guide Remember that plagerism is a violation of the Rutgers University Policy on Academic Integrity for Undergraduate and Graduate Students and could result in your dismissal from the University!

Kerry Hardy

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As the industry expands, agencies are encountering an extremely segmented population, Solana said. These complex, intersecting, and distinct data profiles are important to address not only through relevant research, but also in the critical within the larger field of Asian American Studies (Kiang, 2003). As we have shown, understanding these particular changes requires looking inside the institution itself at the Census Bureau’s struggles over bureaucratic control and autonomy, drive for scientific legitimacy, and ideological commitments about the nature of race.

It is often unclear what type of cancer is being discussed. Several Administration initiatives are in place to strengthen federal protections in the area of education. Search for current information on the numbers of Medicare beneficiaries with medical and/or prescription drug coverage, nationally, by state and by county. In 1990 the estimated proportion had risen to 94 percent (Meier and Rivera, p. 250).

Unlike most other studies, this book presents data on transformations over time, rather than a static portrait of specific topics at particular moments. Article 5 obligates States parties to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, without distinction as to race, color, or national or ethnic origin. S. children's picture books through the mid-and late-twentieth century," American Sociological Review, volume 62 (June: 443-464).

At the beginning of my talks I acknowledged this terrible devastation, but asked if there could be a silver lining in that finally the greater public and policy makers will have to confront the realities of climate change in increasingly frequent extreme weather events. When he was forty-five, at the height of his addiction, Hector was so desperate for money to buy drugs that he broke into a neighbor’s house and stole some jewelry.

Leslie Sanchez

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In this program, he describes how he became a playwright and director and explains how his plays retrace the experience of Chicano families. Also, Hispanics were the least likely ethnic group to use prescription medicine, 73 .2 percent saying they “never” took prescribed medication in 2010. Mixed-race Asian Americans (those who self-identified as having some Asian ancestry) increased from 1.6 million in 2000 to 2.6 million in 2010, an increase of 60%.

Ariana E. Vigil

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Among these students, 30.5% of males and 26.4% of females attended classes daily and 84.5% of males and 75.3% of females exercised or played sports during an average PE class. 237 2002 data from the Youth Media Campaign Longitudinal Study (YMCLS) of the CDC showed that 61.5% of children ages 9–13 don’t participate in any organized physical activity (PA) during their nonschool hours and that 22.6% don’t engage in any free-time PA. JAMA. 1996 Nov 13. 276(18):1480-6. [Medline]. The Corpus Christi heart project, 1988-1992.

The index offers various crime, law, and police headings. The impact of this groups preservation of their native tongue language is demonstrated by the growing Spanish and Portuguese (primarily in Massachusetts) language market and mass media. This course satisfies the Area 3 requirement for the Hispanic & Latin American Studies major. Age at injury: SCI primarily affects young adults. As Juan says, "they say Austin is growing, but thanks to whom?"